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Association between vitamin D receptor (FokI) genetic variant rs2228570 and iron profile in hemodialysis patients.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2020
Al-Shaer Osama S, Behiry Eman G, Ahmed Abdelmoneam A, Moustafa Hyam H
Abstract excerpt
Iron deficiency is a common etiology of anemia that causes suboptimal response to erythropoietin therapy in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study investigated the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) genetic variant (FokI) rs2228570 with iron indices (serum iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation, and ferritin). Sixty adequately hemodialyzed patients subdivided into two groups; 31 patients with...
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